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when the day starts I use smaller time frame .as the day progresses I refer to 6 min/7min

Ib tick is a bit consolidated tick not the real tick!

I could not attach more than 1 chart at a time!

I use range charts apart from volume charts,tick charts using medved Quote tracker (quotes from IB) & trade at IB. I have discovered so many gem of ideas in ET .Today being sunday afternoon,you are lucky that I found time to attach the following! Attached range charts ,volume charts,tick...

If you are trading equities full time & want to nibble spot forex, I will say IB offers flexibility of minimum US$ 20k/30k spot forex size. Even though Oanda I heard is very good for pure forex traders, at IB you dont need to split your capital.Every thing stays in one a/c to take advantage...

I trade daily USO watching CL front & next month. USO trades like a stock but mimics Nymex crude. (It does lag badly due to management cost & month to month futures roll over costs) But I can trade in small quantities ,unlike minimum 1 CL contract! I trade 100 shares (even 50 shares...

Hello Forex old hands At IB if I short JYM7 & buy spot forex USD/JPY ,will the +ve "short yen" carry interest will be more than the (futures-spot loss) at the the end of June contract? Today yen cash: 0.8422 JYM7: 0.8485. Also instead of long yen & pay the debit interest, does long calls...

QT is Medved Quote Tracker charting programme.It gets live quotes from your broker. I have 3 pcs running QT charts with quotes from IB,Optionsxpress,prophet.net etc. My major a/c is only with IB .no idea to shift funds else where.

Any chart based auto execution available for programming chalenged people? I use QT now but they have no auto execution yet.

Iam yet to read all the details about the IB token business! But the basic security mesasure I follow is never browse web from the trading computer. I open Medved QT in 3 pcs using 2 data providers with IB window running in one of them. I keep mail,porn etc in a separate system so that no...

I trade with IB now for the last 1 year. Their direct Access platform is the best. I never had a review problem. Occasionally when I typed a large quantity say 2000 instead of 20 option,it will immediately say Iam over the limit (avove 600k).No manual review! I have traded options with Mr...

Till last week I used to trade USO 50/60 shares with out any problem at IB. Since last week not accepting less than 100 shares. RTH & IYT odd lots were are not accepted even before. But SPY /IWM which I trade mostly odd lots 50/60 shares goes thro no problem

In the last 2 days during the melt down,I see lot of trades crossed at a higher bid/ask shown.Even though I watch futures, I trade mostly SPY,IWM etc. This problem was huge in SPY. Say if thw bid/ask is 141.10/13 ,it will show stocks being sold at 140.88 or being bought at 141.30 etc. I guess...

Ambush Futures is a leveraged product with un limited liability(long) & 0 (short) where as in a long vanilla call/put,you just pay premium & forget. I trade GLD /USO stock often rather YG/QM futures.(no options) where as I will trade higher size confidently in SPY,IWM,DIA options compared to...

Hello Italian day trader! Are you trading Italian stocks or Eurex/DAX futures? we hear comissions are high compared to US stocks or futures! If you want to trade options on us stocks or indices,IB at UK will be the ideal place to start! Enlighten us with your Italian trading experience. Most...

Hi Iam trying to use the Volume by price charts recently. Iam posting a chart in which all voulme bars are hidden (to remove clutter) & keep only Mid point High light & range High light. Apart from this I keep the daily pivot (check s1,r1 only when needed) & previous day high (yellow) &...

Hi Option Coach & others! I know all you guys trade mostly SPX spreads & dont usually open new position in the naked calls/puts in the expiring front month options. Being a oxy moron I did & now iam calling the doctor!!!! I want to repair the situation before it could become a total loss come...

Hello Ib trader what exact instruments you trade? I trade mostly options on ER2,ES,YM & some times options on indivual stocks (oil/commodity) & some heavy weight stocks that trade 20-50 million shares/day. I dont trade pairs.I dont hedge.I dont touch spot forex with a barge pole.I trade forex...

here is the link.open it thro windows media player or real player & save it. http://astream.net/live/cnbc/cnbc2.asx